If the students of the Nanjing Military Academy were to analyze this military deployment, they would probably score a zero directly.
Two hundred miles north of Chifeng, 11,000 Datong troops are stationed on the banks of the Xilamulun River.
Two hundred miles further north, 11,000 Datong troops were stationed on the banks of the Heimulun River.
Eighty miles further north, 11,000 Datong troops were stationed on the banks of the Wuliji Mulun River.
Two hundred miles further north, 11,000 Datong troops were stationed on the banks of the Huolin River.
44,000 troops were scattered out like this. It is no longer a long snake formation, but four biscuits are spilled, waiting for the Khalkha army to come and eat them one by one.
If Li Dingguo dared to propose such a military plan, Zhang Tieniu really dared to adopt it and implement it immediately.
Li Zheng, with a conservative personality, was left speechless when he led his troops to meet up. He couldn't overthrow Zhang Tieniu's arrangement, so he could only remedy it as much as possible. He personally led two infantry divisions to sit on the other side of the Wuliji Mulun River, so that he could coordinate with other troops. He also asked Wang Tingchen to lead the cavalry division to join forces with Zhang Tieniu. .
Zhang Tieniu, Li Dingguo, and Wang Tingchen led the mobile force to continue the pursuit northward. The Khalkha army is still retreating northward, and they are almost retreating to the main line of the Greater Khingan Mountains.
However, Gulu Shixi, the younger brother of Chahun Dorji, took 10,000 cavalry and a large number of livestock, and went south to cut off the grain road of the Datong Army.
When Gulu Shixi detoured from the direction of Tongliao to the Xiliao River, smoke billowed suddenly from the south bank. Immediately, every few miles, the smoke of the beacon rose, extending westward to the camp of the Datong Army.
There are only a few dragoons at each beacon point, and after setting off the smoke, they immediately flee on horseback without waiting for the enemy to cross the river to pursue them. On the river, there are occasional small boats to deliver food to the beacon fire points along the river, and when they see the beacon fire, they quickly row and run away.
The grain road is further west. When the grain transport team saw the smoke of the war, they withdrew to the nearest Datong military camp. All the ministries took out all the dragoons as a mobile force to cover the food transport team at any time. If it was too late to retreat, they would gather to fight according to the situation of the war.
Gulu Shixi did successfully cut off the grain road, but he didn't even touch the shadow of the grain transport team.
This guy was leading 10,000 Khalkha cavalry, and suddenly he was a little confused, not knowing which way to run. He could continue to get stuck in the food channel, but he always felt that he would be surrounded because he was too far away from the main force.
A few days later, 12,000 dragoons from the six divisions gathered in Kailu County, looking for Gulu Shixi everywhere.
After searching hard for two days, I finally identified the traces on the grassland.
Jiang Yan, who was born in the Ming Dynasty, looked at the trampled and messy grass, and said depressedly: "This guy is running fast. It seems that he has been away for two or three days. There is no need to chase any more. It is important to go back to cover the camp."
? Chahun Dorji, who was farther north, did not want to fight the main force of the Datong Army, so he seized the opportunity and chose to go southward in a detour. He sent out a partial division to trample the prairie back and forth, leading Zhang Tieniu to pursue it to the northwest. With the main force, he turned back from the southeast and headed south, preparing to break through the camps of the Datong Army one by one¡ªeach camp of the Datong Army blocked his way back to Mobei.
When detouring to the west of Tongyu County in later generations, wolf smoke was also ignited by the river, exposing it one after another.
Chahun Dorji sneered: "What's the use of this method? Divide the troops and go south at full speed, harassing every river, let the enemy all light up the smoke, so that the Han army does not know where we are going to attack. Then come back immediately and meet, we will go Attack the Han army in the direction of Huolinhe!"
There are several rivers in the north and south, and in the next few days, there will be smoke rising everywhere.
Li Zheng, who was in the middle to support him, kept receiving similar news, and his mind was almost confused, and he couldn't figure out the real situation of the enemy at all. He ordered: "Scatter out all the dragoons, each unit should not be too far apart, and must detect the direction of the enemy's main force. Also, quickly go to the north to inform Zhang Dudu (Zhang Tieniu), the main force of Khalkha must be in the south, let us They're not going to go any further north."
At the beginning of October in the lunar calendar, the weather suddenly turned cold, and it seemed that there were signs of imminent snowfall.
The 10,000 cavalry of Gulu Shixi finally joined Chahun Dorji successfully, and the main force of Khalkha suddenly ran wildly along the Huolin River. Along the banks of the Huolin River, beacon fires were ignited again, clearly becoming the main target of the enemy's attack, but the friendly forces from the north and the south were still two hundred miles away.
The Datong garrison there will be led by Wang Hui from Hunan, and the deputy will be Huang Fei, a surrendered general of the Ming Dynasty. Originally there were 11,000 troops, but 2,000 dragoons were dispatched, and now there are only 9,000 left, including more than 10,000 civilian husbands.
The main force of Chahun Dorji is more than 90,000 people.
"Before the enemy rescues, step down here quickly!" Chahun Dorji ordered.bsp; The morale of the supervisory team was obviously "boosted", and there were actually more than 2,000 Mongolian soldiers rushing tens of meters outside the trench with the shells on their backs.
"Tiger crouching gun, reload all bombs!"
After the reform, the Datong Army was equipped with a lot of tiger squatting guns. Although most of the dragoons of this division were transferred away, the tiger squatting artillery remained.
With the sound of cannons, countless small shells were fired. Iron eggs, lead bullets, and even stones, like celestial maidens scattered flowers, were thrown at the Mongolian soldiers at close range. The smallest cannonballs were even as thick as a thumb.
"Ah, my legs!"
"My belly was pierced!"
"Run!"
Chahun Dorji looked at the battlefield from a distance, and said dumbfounded: "Why do the Han people have so many artillery pieces? Call Lama Shixi back!"
He also has artillery, which he bought from the Cossacks. But only a few guns were bought, and the barrel was only as thick as a calf, so two people could carry them around. Even so, due to the lack of gunpowder, the small cannons were used sparingly, and they were generally used as secret weapons to deter other tribes.
Lama Shixi, who was personally supervising the battle, quickly rode back.
Chahun Dorji asked, "Why do the Han people have so many cannons?"
Lama Shixi replied helplessly: "Khan, I have already said that the Han people have a lot of artillery, more than the Jurchens. Not only are there artillery, but there are also countless firecrackers, which can be fired from a long distance."
"Bastard, you only said that there are many artillery pieces, but you didn't say that there are so many!" Chahun Dorji scolded, "Do other Han armies also have so many firearms?"
Lama Shixi nodded and said, "It's all like this."
Then what a fart!
It was only then that Chahun Dorji realized that something was wrong, and called the leaders of the various ministries: "Send all the slaves you have captured to fill the trenches. It only takes two days to fight, and if you can't fight for two days, you will immediately retreat into the mountains! "
"Big Khan, many of the slaves robbed from Horqin are Han Chinese who know how to farm" Darhan said.
Chahun Dorji interrupted: "Shut up, don't care if he knows how to farm, now we are going to fight! ?